The Quarterly Review of Biology - 86 (4), 2011

Contents:

    Announcements(p. 251) 
   
    The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund(p. 252) 
   
    Regarding the Confusion between the Population Concept and Mayr's “Population Thinking”(pp. 253-264) 
    By Jody Hey
   
    Central Nervous System and Computation(pp. 265-285) 
    By Diego Guidolin, Giovanna Albertin, Michele Guescini, Kjell Fuxe, Luigi F. Agnati
    
    Multiple Sclerosis is Not a Disease of the Immune System(pp. 287-321) 
    By Angelique P. Corthals
    
    God and Darwinists
       
        A review of Darwinism and the Divine: Evolutionary Thought and Natural Theology by Alister E. McGrath
        Darwin's Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong by Conor Cunningham(pp. 323-328) 
        A review of Darwinism and the Divine: Evolutionary Thought and Natural Theology  by Alister E. McGrath; Darwin's Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong  by Conor Cunningham
        Review by: By Michael R. Rose
        
    History, Philosophy, and Ethics of Biology
       
        An Introduction to Evolutionary Ethics by Scott M. James(p. 329) 
        An Introduction to Evolutionary Ethics  by Scott M. James
        Review by: By Chris Zarpentine
        
        Humanity's End: Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement. Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology by Nicholas Agar(pp. 329-331) 
        Humanity's End: Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement. Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology  by Nicholas Agar
        Review by: By Peter Takacs
       
        Homo Novus—A Human without Illusions edited by Ulrich J. Frey, Charlotte Störmer, and Kai P. Willführ(p. 331) 
        Homo Novus—A Human without Illusions  by Ulrich J. Frey; Charlotte Störmer; Kai P. Willführ
        Review by: By Richard A. Richards
        
        The Ethics of Protocells: Moral and Social Implications of Creating Life in the Laboratory edited by Mark A. Bedau and Emily C. Parke(pp. 331-332) 
        The Ethics of Protocells: Moral and Social Implications of Creating Life in the Laboratory  by Mark A. Bedau; Emily C. Parke
        Review by: By Krishna Dronamraju
        
        A Century of Eugenics in America: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era edited by Paul A. Lombardo(p. 332) 
        A Century of Eugenics in America: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era  by Paul A. Lombardo
        Review by: By Ruth Clifford Engs
        
        Jewish Eugenics by John Glad(pp. 332-334) 
        Jewish Eugenics  by John Glad
        Review by: By Elof Axel Carlson
        
        Emma Darwin: A Victorian Life by James D. Loy and Kent M. Loy(p. 334) 
        Emma Darwin: A Victorian Life  by James D. Loy; Kent M. Loy
        Review by: By Michael Ruse
        
        Darwin edited by William Brown and Andrew C. Fabian(pp. 334-335) 
        Darwin  by William Brown; Andrew C. Fabian
        Review by: By Piers J. Hale
       
        Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences by Erling Norrby(p. 335) 
        Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences  by Erling Norrby
        Review by: By Elof Axel Carlson
       
    General Biology
       
        Biostatistical Design and Analysis Using R: A Practical Guide by Murray Logan(p. 336) 
        Biostatistical Design and Analysis Using R: A Practical Guide  by Murray Logan
        Review by: By Xiaohong Li
       
        Data Mining Techniques for the Life Sciences edited by Oliviero Carugo and Frank Eisenhaber(pp. 336-337) 
        Data Mining Techniques for the Life Sciences  by Oliviero Carugo; Frank Eisenhaber
        Review by: By Iddo Friedberg
        
    Paleontology
       
        The Lucy Man: The Scientist Who Found the Most Famous Fossil Ever! by C. A. P. Saucier(p. 337) 
        The Lucy Man: The Scientist Who Found the Most Famous Fossil Ever!  by C. A. P. Saucier
        Review by: By John G. Fleagle
       
        Triassic Life on Land: The Great Transition by Hans-Dieter Sues and Nicholas C. Fraser(pp. 337-338) 
        Triassic Life on Land: The Great Transition  by Hans-Dieter Sues; Nicholas C. Fraser
        Review by: By Robert R. Reisz
        
        Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology: The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics edited by Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra, Orangel A. Aguilera, and Alfredo A. Carlini(p. 338) 
        Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology: The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics  by Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra; Orangel A. Aguilera; Alfredo A. Carlini
        Review by: By K. E. Beth Townsend, Aryeh Grossman
        
        New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium edited by Michael J. Ryan, Brenda J. Chinnery-Allgeier, and David A. Eberth(pp. 338-339) 
        New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium  by Michael J. Ryan; Brenda J. Chinnery-Allgeier; David A. Eberth
        Review by: By Alan H. Turner
        
    Ecology
       
        Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions edited by Daniel Simberloff and Marcel Rejmánek(p. 339) 
        Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions  by Daniel Simberloff; Marcel Rejmánek
        Review by: By Robert I. Colautti
       
        Community Ecology of Stream Fishes: Concepts, Approaches, and Techniques edited by Keith B. Gido and Donald A. Jackson(p. 339) 
        Community Ecology of Stream Fishes: Concepts, Approaches, and Techniques  by Keith B. Gido; Donald A. Jackson
        Review by: By Peter B. Moyle
       
        Aboveground-Belowground Linkages: Biotic Interactions, Ecosystem Processes, and Global Change by Richard D. Bardgett and David A. Wardle(p. 340) 
        Aboveground-Belowground Linkages: Biotic Interactions, Ecosystem Processes, and Global Change  by Richard D. Bardgett; David A. Wardle
        Review by: By Jennifer A. Lau
       
        Alpines: From Mountain to Garden by Richard Wilford(pp. 340-341) 
        Alpines: From Mountain to Garden  by Richard Wilford
        Review by: By Andreas Gröger
        
    Conservation Biology
      
        Climate Change Biology by Lee Hannah(p. 341) 
        Climate Change Biology  by Lee Hannah
        Review by: By Barry W. Brook
        
        Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate by(pp. 341-342) 
        Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate
        Review by: By Iris Grossmann
        
        What Is Land For?: The Food, Fuel and Climate Change Debate edited by Michael Winter and Matt Lobey(p. 342) 
        What Is Land For?: The Food, Fuel and Climate Change Debate  by Michael Winter; Matt Lobey
        Review by: By Brent Clothier
       
        Paleoclimates: Understanding Climate Change Past and Present by Thomas M. Cronin(pp. 342-343) 
        Paleoclimates: Understanding Climate Change Past and Present  by Thomas M. Cronin
        Review by: By A. Townsend Peterson
        
        Effects of Climate Change on Birds edited by Anders Pape Moller, Wolfgang Fiedler, and Peter Berthold(p. 343) 
        Effects of Climate Change on Birds  by Anders Pape Moller; Wolfgang Fiedler; Peter Berthold
        Review by: By Richard Pearson
        
        The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation by Daniel J. Lebbin, Michael J. Parr, and George H. Fenwick(pp. 343-344) 
        The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation  by Daniel J. Lebbin; Michael J. Parr; George H. Fenwick
        Review by: By Mark Robbins
        
        Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource edited by Tara Lohan(pp. 344-345) 
        Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource  by Tara Lohan
        Review by: By Jeffrey Yule
        
    Evolution
     
        Why Evolution is True by Jerry A. Coyne(p. 345) 
        Why Evolution is True  by Jerry A. Coyne
        Review by: By Michael Ruse
       
        In Search of the Causes of Evolution: From Field Observations to Mechanisms edited by Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant(pp. 345-346) 
        In Search of the Causes of Evolution: From Field Observations to Mechanisms  by Peter R. Grant; B. Rosemary Grant
        Review by: By Frederick R. Davis
        
        Evolutionary Restraints: The Contentious History of Group Selection by Mark E. Borrello(p. 346) 
        Evolutionary Restraints: The Contentious History of Group Selection  by Mark E. Borrello
        Review by: By David Sepkoski
        
    Taxonomy, Systematics, and Phylogenetics
     
        Perspectives in Animal Phylogeny and Evolution by Alessandro Minelli(pp. 346-347) 
        Perspectives in Animal Phylogeny and Evolution  by Alessandro Minelli
        Review by: By Joel Cracraft
      
    Behavior
      
        The Infanticide Controversy: Primatology and the Art of Field Science by Amanda Rees(p. 347) 
        The Infanticide Controversy: Primatology and the Art of Field Science  by Amanda Rees
        Review by: By Andrea L. Baden
        
        Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution edited by Tamás Székely, Allen J. Moore, and Jan Komdeur(pp. 347-348) 
        Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution  by Tamás Székely; Allen J. Moore; Jan Komdeur
        Review by: By Redouan Bshary
       
        Collective Animal Behavior by David J. T. Sumpter(p. 348) 
        Collective Animal Behavior  by David J. T. Sumpter
        Review by: By Sue Boinski
       
        Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour. Third Edition by Peter J. Simmons and David Young(pp. 348-349) 
        Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour. Third Edition  by Peter J. Simmons; David Young
        Review by: By William B. Kristan By   Jr.
       
        Craving Earth: Understanding Pica: The Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk by Sera Young(p. 349) 
        Craving Earth: Understanding Pica: The Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk  by Sera Young
        Review by: By Peter W. Abrahams
       
    Neurobiology
      
        The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks(pp. 349-350) 
        The Mind's Eye  by Oliver Sacks
        Review by: By Adrian G. Dyer, Karen Trist
       
        Effortless Attention: A New Perspective in the Cognitive Science of Attention and Action edited by Brian Bruya(pp. 350-351) 
        Effortless Attention: A New Perspective in the Cognitive Science of Attention and Action  by Brian Bruya
        Review by: By Artem Belopolsky
       
        Space and Time in Perception and Action edited by Romi Nijhawan and Beena Khurana(p. 351) 
        Space and Time in Perception and Action  by Romi Nijhawan; Beena Khurana
        Review by: By Peter Skorupski
       
        Drosophila Neurobiology: A Laboratory Manual edited by Bing Zhang, Marc R. Freeman, and Scott Waddell(pp. 351-352) 
        Drosophila Neurobiology: A Laboratory Manual  by Bing Zhang; Marc R. Freeman; Scott Waddell
        Review by: By Konrad E. Zinsmaier
       
        The Neurobiology of Australian Marsupials: Brain Evolution in the Other Mammalian Radiation edited by Ken W. S. Ashwell(p. 352) 
        The Neurobiology of Australian Marsupials: Brain Evolution in the Other Mammalian Radiation  by Ken W. S. Ashwell
        Review by: By Jon H. Kaas
        
        A Hole in the Head: More Tales in the History of Neuroscience by Charles G. Gross(pp. 352-353) 
        A Hole in the Head: More Tales in the History of Neuroscience  by Charles G. Gross
        Review by: By Jennifer A. Mangels
       
    Cell and Molecular Biology
     
        Epithelial Transport Physiology edited by George A. Gerencser(p. 353) 
        Epithelial Transport Physiology  by George A. Gerencser
        Review by: By Jason R. Rock
       
    Genetics
       
        Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology edited by Gustavo Caetano-Anollés(pp. 353-354) 
        Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology  by Gustavo Caetano-Anollés
        Review by: By Matthew Rockman
       
    Microbiology
      
        Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease edited by D. Ashley Robinson, Daniel Falush, and Edward J. Feil(p. 354) 
        Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease  by D. Ashley Robinson; Daniel Falush; Edward J. Feil
        Review by: By Mark Achtman
      
        Environmental Microbiology: Current Technology and Water Applications edited by Keya Sen and Nicholas J. Ashbolt(pp. 354-355) 
        Environmental Microbiology: Current Technology and Water Applications  by Keya Sen; Nicholas J. Ashbolt
        Review by: By Jean MacRae
      
        Modern Biotechnology: Connecting Innovations in Microbiology and Biochemistry to Engineering Fundamentals by Nathan S. Mosier and Michael R. Ladisch(p. 355) 
        Modern Biotechnology: Connecting Innovations in Microbiology and Biochemistry to Engineering Fundamentals  by Nathan S. Mosier; Michael R. Ladisch
        Review by: By Michael Hadjiargyrou
       
        Barron's E-Z Microbiology by René Fester Kratz(p. 355) 
        Barron's E-Z Microbiology  by René Fester Kratz
       
    Botany
       
        The Restless Plant edited by Dov Koller and Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh(pp. 355-356) 
        The Restless Plant  by Dov Koller; Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh
        Review by: By Ulrich Kutschera
      
        Plant Defense: Warding Off Attack by Pathogens, Herbivores, and Parasitic Plants by Dale R. Walters(pp. 356-357) 
        Plant Defense: Warding Off Attack by Pathogens, Herbivores, and Parasitic Plants  by Dale R. Walters
        Review by: By Andre Kessler
       
        Plant Cell Walls: From Chemistry to Biology by Peter Albersheim, Alan Darvill, Keith Roberts, Ron Sederoff, and Andrew Staehelin(p. 357) 
        Plant Cell Walls: From Chemistry to Biology  by Peter Albersheim; Alan Darvill; Keith Roberts; Ron Sederoff; Andrew Staehelin
        Review by: By Tobias I. Baskin
       
        A Natural History of the New World: The Ecology and Evolution of Plants in the Americas by Alan Graham(pp. 357-358) 
        A Natural History of the New World: The Ecology and Evolution of Plants in the Americas  by Alan Graham
        Review by: By Donald M. Waller
       
        Trees of Panama and Costa Rica. Princeton Field Guides by Richard Condit, Rolando Pérez, and Nefertaris Daguerre(p. 358) 
        Trees of Panama and Costa Rica. Princeton Field Guides  by Richard Condit; Rolando Pérez; Nefertaris Daguerre
       
    Zoology
      
        Vermiculture Technology: Earthworms, Organic Wastes, and Environmental Management edited by Clive A. Edwards, Norman Q. Arancon, and Rhonda Sherman(pp. 358-359) 
        Vermiculture Technology: Earthworms, Organic Wastes, and Environmental Management  by Clive A. Edwards; Norman Q. Arancon; Rhonda Sherman
        Review by: By Jon Nilsson
       
        Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches edited by Stefan Jarau and Michael Hrncir(p. 359) 
        Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches  by Stefan Jarau; Michael Hrncir
        Review by: By Sarah E. Bengston, Jennifer Jandt, Anna Dornhaus
       
        Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions by Mark W. Moffett(pp. 359-360) 
        Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions  by Mark W. Moffett
        Review by: By Michael Kaspari
      
        Honeybee Democracy by Thomas D. Seeley(p. 360) 
        Honeybee Democracy  by Thomas D. Seeley
        Review by: By Matina Donaldson-Matasci
      
        Do Fish Sleep?: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Fishes by Judith S. Weis(pp. 360-361) 
        Do Fish Sleep?: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Fishes  by Judith S. Weis
        Review by: By Peter J. Park
      
        The Laboratory Zebrafish by Claudia Harper and Christian Lawrence(p. 361) 
        The Laboratory Zebrafish  by Claudia Harper; Christian Lawrence
        Review by: By Howard Sirotkin
      
        Turtles: The Animal Answer Guide by Whit Gibbons, Judy Greene, and Cris Hagen(pp. 361-362) 
        Turtles: The Animal Answer Guide  by Whit Gibbons; Judy Greene; Cris Hagen
        Review by: By Fredric J. Janzen
       
        Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles by Jonathan B. Losos and Harry W. Greene(pp. 362-363) 
        Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles  by Jonathan B. Losos; Harry W. Greene
        Review by: By Jerry F. Husak
       
        Chameleons of Africa: An Atlas: Including the Chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia by Colin R. Tilbury(p. 363) 
        Chameleons of Africa: An Atlas: Including the Chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia  by Colin R. Tilbury
        Review by: By Christopher J. Raxworthy
       
        Handbook of the Birds of the World edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, and David Christie(pp. 363-364) 
        Handbook of the Birds of the World  by Josep del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; David Christie
        Review by: By Walt Anderson
       
        The Birds of Panama: A Field Guide by George R. Angehr and Robert Dean(p. 364) 
        The Birds of Panama: A Field Guide  by George R. Angehr; Robert Dean
       
        How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Birds of Prey by Peter Capainolo and Carol A. Butler(p. 364) 
        How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Birds of Prey  by Peter Capainolo; Carol A. Butler
        Review by: By Laurie Goodrich
      
        The Eagle Watchers: Observing and Conserving Raptors around the World edited by Ruth E. Tingay, Todd E. Katzner, Keith L. Bildstein, and Jemima Parry-Jones(p. 365) 
        The Eagle Watchers: Observing and Conserving Raptors around the World  by Ruth E. Tingay; Todd E. Katzner; Keith L. Bildstein; Jemima Parry-Jones
        Review by: By Lloyd F. Kiff
      
    Human Biology and Health
       
        Avian Influenza: Science, Policy and Politics edited by Ian Scoones(pp. 365-366) 
        Avian Influenza: Science, Policy and Politics  by Ian Scoones
        Review by: By A. Townsend Peterson
       
        Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis by Karl Drlica and David S. Perlin(p. 366) 
        Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis  by Karl Drlica; David S. Perlin
        Review by: By Fabrizio Spagnolo
       
        Diseases and Diagnoses: The Second Age of Biology by Sander L. Gilman(pp. 366-367) 
        Diseases and Diagnoses: The Second Age of Biology  by Sander L. Gilman
        Review by: By Elof Axel Carlson
       
        The Evolutionary Biology of Human Body Fatness: Thrift and Control by Jonathan C. K. Wells(pp. 367-368) 
        The Evolutionary Biology of Human Body Fatness: Thrift and Control  by Jonathan C. K. Wells
        Review by: By J. Josh Snodgrass
       
    Directory of Publishers(pp. 369-370) 
  
    Titles and Authors of Articles(pp. 371-372) 
   
    Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed(pp. 373-385) 
  
    Reviewers of Books(pp. 386-388)